The real world gets an “Online Tipjar” with the Flattr Android app

Flattr, the service that lets visitors “tip a dime” to their favourite websites, is now easy to use in the real world too thanks to the launch a new Android app called Flattr4Android.

Let’s say you’re a street artist or a musician; by creating a Flattr QR code and having it displayed when you perform, passers-by can give you money simply by using the Flattr app to scan the code. This is then logged against those people’s Flattr accounts and at the end of the month you get a payment along with everyone else they Flattr-ed both online and offline.